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Justin Welby: the hard-nosed realist holding together the Church of Englandhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/18/justin-welby-archbishop-canterbury-first-year
The archbishop of Canterbury has had successes over female bishops and payday lenders, and is now trying to steer the church away from telling people how to behave<p>Justin Welby now looks like the best archbishop of Canterbury the Church of England could possibly have, but when he was appointed he was almost unknown, and had only been a diocesan bishop for nine months. What got him the job – after he had made the shortlist – was that he was the only candidate who did not deny or flinch from the internal research suggesting that the church would dwindle, on existing trends, from about one million committed members to 150,000 by 2050.</p><p>His first year in the job has been marked by tremendous energy and rather more physical and moral courage than is expected of an archbishop, but there is a tremendous sense of urgency underlying this display.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/18/justin-welby-archbishop-canterbury-first-year">Continue reading...</a>Justin WelbyAnglicanismUK newsGay marriageSexualitySocietyReligionChristianityNigeriaUgandaEvangelical ChristianityWomenLiverpoolHouse of LordsPoliticsLGBT rightsSouth SudanFri, 18 Apr 2014 05:48:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/18/justin-welby-archbishop-canterbury-first-yearPhotograph: Heathcliff O'Malley/REXJustin Welby: 'The church is not a place where good people go. It’s a place where bad people go to meet God. It’s a refuge for sinners.' Photograph: Heathcliff O'Malley/RexPhotograph: Heathcliff O'Malley/REXJustin Welby: 'The church is not a place where good people go. It’s a place where bad people go to meet God. It’s a refuge for sinners.' Photograph: Heathcliff O'Malley/RexAndrew Brown2014-04-18T05:48:00ZVincent Nichols: enigmatic archbishop stepping into pope's inner circlehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/18/vincent-nichols-archbishop-cardinal-profile
Nichols has shown he is not afraid to speak out when he feels compelled to do so<p>Almost five years after he was appointed spiritual leader of England and Wales's four million baptised Roman Catholics, and a mere three days before Pope Francis elevates him to the second highest office in the church by handing him a red cardinal's hat and ring in Rome, Archbishop Vincent Nichols remains an enigmatic and occasionally controversial figure.</p><p>While he may lack the high profile of the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, Nichols has shown in the past few days that he is not afraid to speak out when he feels compelled to do so.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/18/vincent-nichols-archbishop-cardinal-profile">Continue reading...</a>CatholicismReligionChristianityUK newsTue, 18 Feb 2014 20:23:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/18/vincent-nichols-archbishop-cardinal-profilePhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesVincent Nichols, the archbishop of Westminster. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesVincent Nichols, the archbishop of Westminster. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesSam Jones2014-02-18T20:23:23ZJustin Welby: an archbishop who could do the businesshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/08/justin-welby-archbishop-canterbury-business
The man expected to be the next archbishop of Canterbury, with his background in Eton and oil, appreciates the realities of power<p>There are not many old Etonians who think that the biggest problems facing County Durham are "loan sharking and its consequent evils and very high youth unemployment". There are not many oil company executives who would say that "the pay of many of our top executives in big hundred companies in the UK is outrageous and even obscene … We need to get to the point where there is a general recognition that being paid vast multiples of other people's pay is not acceptable in a society that wishes to be happy and stable." Yet Justin Welby, the old Etonian former oil trader who is to be the next archbishop of Canterbury, said all this and more in an interview with a fellow bishop in The Living Church, an American magazine earlier this year. The headline facts about his biography may be very misleading.</p><p>The second most notable thing about Justin Welby is that no one in a very divided church has gone around badmouthing him. There were other candidates who – like him – have no enemies, but none who have no critics, and the others who have no enemies were widely thought to be too dull or just too sane to take the job.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/08/justin-welby-archbishop-canterbury-business">Continue reading...</a>Justin WelbyAnglicanismReligionChristianityUK newsThu, 08 Nov 2012 08:57:58 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/08/justin-welby-archbishop-canterbury-businessPhotograph: Frantzesco KangarisJustin Welby appears about to take the Church of England's top job, despite being bishop of Durham for less than a year. Photograph: Frantzesco KangarisPhotograph: Frantzesco KangarisJustin Welby appears about to take the Church of England's top job, despite being bishop of Durham for less than a year. Photograph: Frantzesco KangarisAndrew Brown and Lizzy Davies2012-11-08T08:57:58ZTim Livesey: Ed Miliband's new chief of staff plunges into the thick of ithttps://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/jan/25/tim-livesey-profile-ed-miliband-adviser
Are internecine Anglican church politics and Catholic turmoil over child abuse adequate preparation for the Labour snakepit?<p>Given Ed Miliband's start to the year, you might think he is in need of prayer – but that's not necessarily why his new chief of staff, Tim Livesey, will be on retreat at a Catholic monastery in Sussex this week, before starting work in the Labour leader's office on Monday. The party, whose leadership Alastair Campbell once claimed "does not do God", is about to be joined by someone who most definitely does.</p><p>Livesey, 52, joins Miliband's team from Lambeth Palace, where he has served the Archbishop of Canterbury for the past six years, first as secretary for public affairs and then as adviser for international affairs – at first sight, an unusual posting for a Roman Catholic.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/jan/25/tim-livesey-profile-ed-miliband-adviser">Continue reading...</a>Ed MilibandLabourPoliticsRowan WilliamsCatholicismAnglicanismReligionChristianityUK newsWed, 25 Jan 2012 19:23:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/jan/25/tim-livesey-profile-ed-miliband-adviserPhotograph: Alexander Wells/GuardianTim Livesey is on retreat before joining Ed Miliband's office. Illustration: Alexander Wells for the GuardianPhotograph: Alexander Wells/GuardianTim Livesey is on retreat before joining Ed Miliband's office. Illustration: Alexander Wells for the GuardianStephen Bates2012-01-25T19:23:00ZRiazat Butt talks to Martin Dudley, the vicar who has remained defiant in the furore over a gay 'wedding' at his churchhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/20/anglicanism.religion
Vicar who has remained defiant in the furore over a gay 'wedding' at his church<p>Until last Sunday few people had heard of the Reverend Dr Martin Dudley BD MSc MTh PhD FSA FRHistS AKC. He had written some handbooks, such as the Parish Survival Guide, but his reputation did not extend far beyond the boundaries of St Bartholomew the Great, the pretty 12th-century church in the City of London. Indeed, the building was more famous than him, starring in blockbusters including Four Weddings and a Funeral and Shakespeare in Love. </p><p>But a lot can change in a week and when, on May 31, he presided at a service for two gay clergy the rector could never have predicted that, a fortnight later, he would be swept into the eye of a storm. Since news broke of the ceremony - which had a wedding march, rings, vows, two best men, a fanfare and confetti - Dudley has been publicly admonished by his own bishop, the Right Rev Richard Chartres, and the two archbishops, Rowan Williams and John Sentamu, for a possible breach of guidelines on blessing civil partnerships. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/20/anglicanism.religion">Continue reading...</a>AnglicanismReligionUK newsWorld newsChristianityThu, 19 Jun 2008 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/20/anglicanism.religionRiazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent2008-06-19T23:01:00ZThe Guardian Profile: Michael Nazir-Alihttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/30/anglicanism.religion
The Bishop of Rochester has made a bold impact on the Church of England<p>Michael Nazir-Ali, the 106th Bishop of Rochester, is accustomed to the limelight and has been making headlines since 1994, when he became the first ethnic minority holder of the post in the historic Kent city.</p><p>His impact on the Church of England, an institution famed for fudges and niceties, has been equally bold, with Nazir-Ali proving he is cut from a different cloth. Recent comments about the need to convert Britain's Muslims and how radical Islam is filling the "moral vacuum" left by the decline of Christianity caused an uproar. So did his declaration that Muslims had created "no-go" areas for people of different faiths or races. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/30/anglicanism.religion">Continue reading...</a>AnglicanismReligionUK newsChristianityThu, 29 May 2008 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/30/anglicanism.religionRiazat Butt2008-05-29T23:01:00ZThe Guardian profile: The Right Rev James Joneshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/08/gayrights.religion
Bishop whose U-turn on homosexuality has shaken up the Anglican church<p>Traditionally Lent is a time of sacrifice and suffering, and taking these themes to heart is the Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev James Jones. Earlier this week he urged people to give up carbon for Lent instead of the more traditional fare of chocolate and alcohol.</p><p>While the scheme has won plaudits for its practical simplicity, what has garnered rather more headlines is Jones's volte face regarding homosexuality and the church.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/08/gayrights.religion">Continue reading...</a>UK newsLGBT rightsReligionWorld newsAnglicanismChristianityFri, 08 Feb 2008 12:05:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/08/gayrights.religionRiazat Butt2008-02-08T12:05:00Z